Next month’s pay-per-view event between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson has split opinions, and until now, fellow PGA Tour professionals have not had their say publicly on the match. While participating in a Q&A with fans on social media, Justin Thomas was asked whether or not he’ll be ordering the match between the two golfing legends.

His answer was pretty definitive.

Love TW and Phil to death…. but there’s a 0% chance I order that. I’ll be watching football! ???? https://t.co/Zfr11oDA44

With the fourth ranked player in the world stating his complete lack of interest in the matchup, is the pay-per-view event in danger of turning into a farce? Will his honesty allow more Tour professionals to come out and comment on the matchup? Where does the matchup rank in your priorities?

Perfect two mutts playing for millions while some starve in your country perfect. You both are such a perfect profile of what greed is . I used to like Phil but he’s no different than the rest of blow hard yanks he’s mister me me I I . Never did like the other guy he is playing so enough said. Hope this whole thing is a flop .

I mean, everybody will be able to hear the result, get a hole-by-hole account, etc., anyway. So yeah, I don’t see the point in laying out the money.

If the numbers are underwhelming, that’ll actually be good nows, because it will (or could) mean that there are still people out there who still see the game as bigger than the people, rather than celebrity players as bigger than the game.

can’t see this as anything other than a major flop. Phil is … well.. phil. He’ll phil it up somehow as usual. 0 interest in watching him try to out-do Tiger and put the ball all over the canyon arroyos instead. 0 interest in them making ‘wagers’ with someone else’s money on the line.

Replace Phil with DJ, Brooks, David Faherty, Paige S., Paulina, or a Perkins waitress and I’d be interested slightly more than the 0% I am now.

He does miss too many important fairways, for sure. But it’s not like he’s hacking it around, and not like he wasn’t a winning player. Most of the tournaments he ever won since ’96 have had Woods in the field.

But that’s the point — after the match, you can just look up who won. And it’s not like it’s an official tournament. It has minor importance to begin with, and what matters, insofar as anything matters, is the result. How many, not all the prefabricated trash-talk. Phil will be hilarious if he stays off-script. Woods will be wooden and Type-A as usual.

I almost surely won’t be watching, but weird of him to take a shot at the event like that. Saying he’ll be watching football – its on a Friday night btw. Maybe we all should watch something else – JT would have to find a real job.

The PGA hypes up the Fed Ex Cup and the playoffs, constantly talking about the champion getting 10 million for a season long battle. These guys are getting 9 million for one round of golf. It makes the Fed Ex Cup look like a joke. Hopefully, it will be a complete bomb cause if it’s successful, we can all expect other golfers to come up with their own pay per view events for bigger prize money.

Both of these guys should be putting up % million each, going mono y mono, and then you would have a real pressure round of golf. Instead, just another exhibition so that Phil can finally pay off the Feds for his insider trading.

I would watch if it was free but I wouldn’t shell out any money.
To be honest I’d rather see Tiger vs someone else.
This match needed to happen 10 years ago. I don’t think Phil has much left in the tank.

Johnny Miller returns to the airwaves on Real Golf Talk, Callaway’s new podcast

Johnny Miller is back sharing his opinions on the game on Callaway’s new podcast: Real Golf Talk, which aired its first episode today (listen here on Soundcloud).

The longtime NBC golf announcer retired from broadcasting earlier this year, but Miller now features alongside avid golfer and television host Chris Harrison on the podcast, which will air six episodes in 2019 and eight in future seasons.

Speaking on the opportunity to work alongside Johnny Miller on the podcast, co-host Chris Harrison stated

“Johnny Miller was a legend on the course and in the TV booth there was no equal. I know he’s got more to say on the world of golf and the world in general. There’s no chance I’m missing the opportunity to sit next to him and hear what he has to say.”

Miller (who, sidebar, will play all Callaway products) said this

“I am proud be returning to Callaway and working with the company’s incredible team on some exciting new projects. I’ve had so many great experiences with the company, from playing their equipment to working with Mr. Callaway and so many amazing people over the years. It feels like a homecoming for me, and I think golf fans will really enjoy what we have coming, starting with our new Real Golf Talk podcast.”

Real Golf Talk with Johnny Miller is a part of the Callaway Podcast Network and is available on Apple, Spotify, and Soundcloud.